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社 kanji
company, firm, office, association, shrine
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
シャ
Kun readings
やしろ
Variant forms
社Words with 社
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —社会構築主義social constructionism
- —ライバル会社rival (company); competitor
- —地域電話会社local telephone company
- —電信電話会社common carrier
- —代理申請会社proxy application company
- —レコード会社record company
- —社会福祉事業social welfare service; social services; social work
- —社会保障制度social security system
- —超高齢化社会super-ageing society (aging)
- —社会自由主義social liberalism
- —会社の不存在non-existence of a business corporation
- —期間契約社員worker with a fixed term contract of employment
- —電力供給会社power supply company; power distribution company
- —反社会的行動antisocial behavior
- —人材派遣会社temporary employment agency; personnel placement agency; staffing agency; temp agency; temping agency
- —人材紹介会社employment agency; staffing agency; personnel placement agency
- —社会福祉施設social welfare facility
- —社会教育施設social educational facilities; community center
- —ブラック会社company that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
- —三公社五現業three public corporations (Japan National Railways, Japan Monopoly Corporation, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) and five government enterprises (postal services, mintage, printing, management of state-owned forests/fields, and monopolization of alcohol)